wfn.org | March 8 Event D.C. on Moral Reasons for Nuclear Disarmament

["Carol Fouke" <cfouke@ncccusa.org>]

Media Advisory for Monday, March 8, 2004 - 11:15 News Conference, Washington,
D.C., on Moral Reasons for Nuclear Disarmament

Religious, Scientific, Medical Leaders Ask Global Nuclear Disarmament on
Moral Grounds; Group Requests Formal Meeting with Bush Administration to
Discuss U.S. Nuclear Plans and Policies

At a news conference set for 11:15 a.m. Monday, March 8, in Washington, D.C.,
religious, scientific and medical leaders will call for a halt to the
post-Cold War nuclear arms race on the grounds that it is immoral and
unnecessary.   The group will announce the launch of a campaign known as "A
Moral Appeal for a Safer World Without Nuclear Weapons" and its request to
meet with U.S. administration representatives about its concerns.

The group also will outline a global "call to action," which consists of
incremental disarmament led by the United States and the Russian Federation
in a manner consistent with the guidelines of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty and the International Court of Justice.	  

The religious leaders will also discuss nuclear weapons in the context of
civilized values and humanitarian law.	 A Q&A session will follow.

WHO:	

Rev. Robert W. Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches USA;
former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D - PA, 1975-87)

Marie Dennis, Vice President, Pax Christi International

Helen Caldicott, M.D., President, Nuclear Policy Research Institute and
author of "The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial
Complex" 

Jonathan Dean, Advisor on Global Security Issues, Union of Concerned
Scientists

Howard Hallman, Chairman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice

Representative (TBD), Federation of American Scientists 		     
		  
WHEN: Monday, March 8, 11:15 a.m.

WHERE:	

Root Room, Second Floor
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
		
CONTACTS:	

Dianne Saenz, Nuclear Policy Research Institute
dianne@nuclearpolicy.org or 202.822.9800, ext. 602

Leslie Tune, National Council of Churches
ltune@ncccusa.org or 202.544.2350, ext. 11

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